Very well done! Is there a word for when you use a word in the excruciatingly correct way but are guaranteed to misguide 99% of the audience who reads it?
It's "figuratively" or, more... literally, "metaphorically."
"Literally" literally means "literally", but figuratively now means "figuratively".
Deprecate means "to continue supporting but to discourage its use." 99% of people believe it means to end support.